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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

I'm from

I am from burnt orange Tupperware and mustard yellow Kitchen Aid mixer and the
fragrance of chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven.

I am from home-with-an-open door and someone always there. Overnight guests,
family friends and neighbors always welcomed to the table.I am from book-reading, notebook-filling, diary and poetry-writing.

I’m from family reunions, dozens of aunts and uncles and too many cousins to
count. Visits to grandparents on the farm and to the yellow house in the small
town in the southwestern corner of the state.

From hardworking handyman father and homemade-cooking mother. From younger
brother and 16 month-older-sister.

I’m from loudness and laughter, prayer before meals and family birthday
celebrations.

I’m from small towns followed by life in the city. From warm sloppy joes, green
bean casserole, hot dishes and mashed potatoes.

I’m from Sunday services and youth group Wednesdays. From Bible camp in the
summer, youth retreats in the winter, and God-seeking moments in the midst of it
all.

I’m from sinful ugliness, hurtful words, tears and tough times. From a broken heart and a sad smile and would someone please take the pain away?

I’m from grace and forgiveness, from
commitment despite hardship and messiness.

I'm from a long line of Jesus lovers and Bible believers and truth seekers. I'm from hope in the Everlasting God who brings beatuty from ashes and makes all things new.

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Awhile back I read an I'm From blog post and decided to take a crack at it myself. If you're interested in writing your own I'm From, you can use the following template to get started (if you write your own, please leave a comment and link so I can read it!):

Adapted by Levi Romero

Inspired by “Where I’m From” by George
Ella Lyon

I am from ________________________ (an
everyday item in your home)

from ________________ and
_______________ (products or everyday items in your home)

I am from the
___________________________ (description of your home)

_________________________________ (a
detail about your home – a smell, taste, or feel)

I am from the____________________
(plant, flower, natural item)

The __________________________ (plant
or tree near your home)

whose long gone limbs I remember as if they were my own.

I’m from _______________ and
________________ (a family tradition and family trait)

from ______________and
______________________ (family members)

I’m from _________________and
_________________ (family habits)

and from_____________________. (family
habit)

I’m from _______________ and
_______________ (things you were told as a child)

and
____________________________________ (a song or saying you learned as a child)

I’m from_________________________ (a
family tradition)

I’m from ____________ (place of birth)
and ___________ (family ancestry, nationality or

place)

_______________and _________________
(family foods)

From ___________________________________
(a story about a family member)

___________________________ (detail
about the story or person)

_____________________________
(description of family momentos, pictures or treasures.)

_________________________ (location of
momentos – under my bed, on the wall, in my

In Its Time

I am a wife, a mother and a saved-by-grace writer who is learning to rest in the truth that He makes everything beautiful in its time. I write about the One whose timing and ways and plans I do not understand, but who gives joy in the midst of waiting and brings beauty out of ashes.